baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to be smeared; to be covered
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by